why is my ryzen 5 3600 cpu at 90 degrees celcius doing nothing

[Xuild]

literally it shouldnt be doing this, my computer is relatively new and has 8-10 fans, it shouldnt be doing this

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

I also run a 3600 and it's currently sitting at ~50ºC
Can you open your PC's case and boot it up? Maybe the fan is broken.

[Xuild]

Publicado originalmente por Felix:

I also run a 3600 and it's currently sitting at ~50ºC
Can you open your PC's case and boot it up? Maybe the fan is broken.

nah its running at 2500 RPM right now, fan couldnt be broken, also i'm using the pc right now

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

Publicado originalmente por Xuild:

Publicado originalmente por Felix:

I also run a 3600 and it's currently sitting at ~50ºC
Can you open your PC's case and boot it up? Maybe the fan is broken.

nah its running at 2500 RPM right now, fan couldnt be broken, also i'm using the pc right now

2500RPM?
Can you take a look at your task manager? Maybe you got some sussy background process which makes your CPU run at 100%.
Also did you overclock this thing? I never remember this thing becoming THAT hot.

[Xuild]

Publicado originalmente por Felix:

Publicado originalmente por Xuild:

nah its running at 2500 RPM right now, fan couldnt be broken, also i'm using the pc right now

2500RPM?
Can you take a look at your task manager? Maybe you got some sussy background process which makes your CPU run at 100%.
Also did you overclock this thing? I never remember this thing becoming THAT hot.

never overclocked + its running at 20% and it seems to be an air issue as i took off the magnetic top and opened the door (its running at 70-80 celcius)

[Blaagh]

sounds like the cpu doesn't even really touch the heatsink. who assembled it? did you/they forget to remove plastic from the cooler surface?

[76561199559798421]

like when you open the computer up and realize they forgot to plug the fan or water pump in

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Somebody forgot to use thermal paste...

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

Publicado originalmente por Rumpelcrutchskin:

Somebody forgot to use thermal paste...

The stock cooler which comes with the 3600 already has thermal paste. And the cooler in general works quite well. I personally use the stock cooler in the box and I never had any heat related issues.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Publicado originalmente por Felix:

Publicado originalmente por Rumpelcrutchskin:

Somebody forgot to use thermal paste...

The stock cooler which comes with the 3600 already has thermal paste. And the cooler in general works quite well. I personally use the stock cooler in the box and I never had any heat related issues.

If you didn`t put it together yourself you never know what the guys building it did or didn`t.

[Cathulhu]

Maybe they forgot to remove the protective plastic foil, which would ruin any kind of thermal transfer.

[nullable]

Publicado originalmente por Cathulhu:

Maybe they forgot to remove the protective plastic foil, which would ruin any kind of thermal transfer.

Funny story, I did that once when I built the wife an i5 8600k system. It did run 10-20C higher than normal and it was years before I noticed. When I finally did and saw what had happened I can't describe the combination of feelings I had, but it was definitely in the vein of "never doing that again".

There wasn't in particular damage or problem, just shame, shame, shame.

[r.linder]

Chances are, something is preventing the CPU from making proper contact with the cooler, either it's air, or it's an object obstructing it, like plastic film that's on a lot of coolers.

[antoniobennett72]

Re-paste your cooler, make sure there isn't plastic left in error and see where you are. That is way too hot for a 3600.
Put eyes on the fans too, your software may be misreporting.

[Illusion of Progress]

Publicado originalmente por 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

Chances are, something is preventing the CPU from making proper contact with the cooler, either it's air, or it's an object obstructing it, like plastic film that's on a lot of coolers.

This is my thought.

When I got my previous AM4 motherboard back from RMA, I used my old AM4 CPU to test it for initial functionality. It was a 3700X and I had its stock cooler (which, for stock coolers, is decent, but I don't know if the 3600X has the same one). Anyway, since I was just testing it briefly, I connected the cooling and fan but didn't use thermal paste. I had done this in the past and it was never an issue. It started off running cool, but started approaching near thermal limits within minutes just in the BIOS doing nothing (90C+, which I had previously never seen over 85C under load on that CPU/cooling), and then a warning was given it was overheating.

So if the heatsink is present and the fan is working, based on my experience with a similar CPU, my thought is also that something may obstructing contact. And it might be something as "minor" as "poor or no thermal paste".

It would be normal to run warm under load on stock cooling, and won't hurt it. But it should not be idling there.

[Xuild]

nevermind, fixed it myself with compressed air, was just a dusty heat sink lol